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Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels

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architects in the Dutch Indies: those who followed the western architectural tradition in which they had been trained, and those that sought to achieve a synthesis of western and traditional Indies style. Ghijsels is definitely from the first - less Indies, more western - group, however it was known
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Other architects affiliated with AIA were HA Hes (1918-1930), FBH Asselberg (1921-1931) and NE Burhoven Jaspers (1927-1938). Stoltz left the agency in 1921, while Hein von Essen had already left. From 1945, the office was led by Indonesian engineers Tan and Soetono. Today, the office still exist in
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The first project of AIA is the headquarters of KPM in Batavia (now the building of the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation). The project was a huge success and won critical acclaim. After the KPM headquarters project, AIA received many commissions for commercial buildings.
132:(May 30, 1928) and then the Netherlands. He remained committed to AIA where he worked from distance several of projects in the Dutch East Indies. During the 1930s, Ghijsels made a numseveralgn sketches for his own house and a clubhouse for the 57: 125:, with a building contractor. The agency expanded in 1927 with an office in Surabaya. In 1932, the AIA bureau created an associate with another office in Bandung, led by architect FW Brinkman and GH Voorhoeve. 117:) in Batavia, now Pelni Petamburan hospital Jakarta. KPM also commissioned Ghijsels to design the headquarters for the KPM, which led to the formation of the private architectural consultant AIA ( 583: 490: 109:, now Gedung Telkom; the building was one of the pioneers of modern architecture in Surabaya. He also designed the Post, Telephone, and Telegraph Office on the site of the 1914 396: 312: 271: 613: 244:) and KPM hospital (now Pelni Petamburan Hospital). This distinction that he invented contributed to a theoretical discussion about the importance of the colonial 208: 1199: 1189: 196:
who was affiliated with AIA. AIA also received big commissions for the hydraulic works after it had been associated with the firm Sitsen and Louzada in 1936.
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that Ghijsels made a separation between a more "formal" style for office and commercial projects, while choosing "informal"
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The KPM Headquarters, now building of the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation, the first most acclaimed work of Ghijsels.
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among them. After his academic study, in 1909, his first appointment was as a government architectural supervisor in
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in Semarang. In the same year, Ghijsels designed the Petamboeran hospital for the Royal Packet Company (
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Roman Catholic Church H. Jozef (1923) - St. Joseph's Church at Jl. Matraman Raya No. 129, East Jakarta.
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KPM Head Office (1917–18) - now Kantor Departemen Perhubungan Laut in Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan
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Ghijsels was a key figure of AIA until 1929, when he had to depart aboard the SS Hooft to
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School Complex for the Association of Christian Schools (1927) – now SMA Jl. Diponegoro
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Training College ”Vereeniging Associatie van Oost & West (1918) – Jl. Gunung Sahari
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Boarding School: Jan Pieterz. Coentichting (1923–27) – Jl Sultan Agung, Menteng Pulo
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Office of Maintz & Co. (1920) - now PT Samudera Indonesia Jl Kalibesar Barat
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on December 16, 1925, quoted "simplicity is the shortest path to beauty" (
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Office of John Peet & Co. (1920) - now PT Toshiba Jl. Kalibesar Barat
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style for schools and hospitals. Some of Ghijsels more Indies style are
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Office of Geo Wehry & Co (1926) - now a building in Jl. Kunir No.2
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In the beginning of the 20th century, there were two major groups of
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Below is the list of buildings designed by Ghijsels in Jakarta:
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Renovation Plan of Societeit Harmonie (1928)– demolished 1985
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Lodge for Freemasons (1925) - now BAPPENAS Jl. Taman Suropati
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Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad (1927) - demolished, Jl. Pintu Air
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and urban planner who worked in the Netherlands and the
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of press magnate Dominique W. Beretty, was designed by
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Ir. F.J.L. Ghijsels, architect in Indonesia, 1910-1929
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Parts of Municipal Urban Development in Menteng (1920)
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Club House for Roemer Visscher Society (1928) – Cikini
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Internationale Crediet- en Handelsvereniging Rotterdam
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List of colonial buildings and structures in Jakarta
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List of colonial buildings and structures in Jakarta
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Index

Tulungagung
Overveen
Bloemendaal
architect
Dutch Indies
Dutch Indies
modern style characteristic of the Dutch Indies.

Pelni Petamburan Hospital
polytechnic in Delft
Thomas Karsten
Henri Maclaine Pont
Amsterdam
GA van Arkel
Rotterdam
Batavia
Surabaya
Colonial Exhibition
Dutch East Indies
Genoa
Bloemendaal
HC Bloemendaal
Overveen

Kota railway station
Hotel des Indes
Yogyakarta
Indies style
Villa Isola
Schoemaker

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